{"conversationCode":"037-026","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-026","startDateTime":"1973-03-02T13:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-02T14:24:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Mar-1973","startTime":"8:02 AM","endDate":"2-Mar-1973","endTime":"9:24 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:02 am and 9:24 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-026 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 37-26\n\nDate: March 2, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:02 am and 9:24 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 414-8]\n\n       Request for a call to Patrick J. Buchanan","filename":["037-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-025","nextCode":"037-027","transcript":[{"start":4.18,"end":4.82,"text":"please."},{"start":5.17,"end":5.25,"text":"Yes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his special consultant and speechwriter, Patrick J. Buchanan. This brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to initiate official communication between the President and a key staff member. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this initial connection phase.","topics":["Patrick J. Buchanan","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:10:49.544Z"},"topicSlugs":["patrick-j-buchanan","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-026.mp3","bytes":75776,"durationSec":12.33,"bitrate":49152,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}